January 2022
The stories behind the research grants Stuart Robert vetoed
Judge for yourself: are these research projects in the national interest?
March 2020
Greta Thunberg against the world
How a 17-year-old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome, plaits and a homemade protest sign got under the skin of the US president.
November 2019
European Parliament declares climate emergency
The symbolic declaration puts pressure on European member states to address the growing climate crisis.
A here's how guide to surviving the bushfire debate
In case a dinner-table debate proves unavoidable, carefully plan how to safely discuss climate change with the kids.
September 2019
Cyclone Greta shakes up the climate change debate
Thunberg and other young climate strikers want to bridge the generational climate change chasm. But is it working?
Watering Australia's intellectual deserts
Our universities have given up on diversity of thought. No eco-system does well when that happens.
Greta gets it wrong
What a teen from wealthy Sweden denounces as “fairy tales of eternal economic growth” is the ladder out of poverty for millions.
Keeping the government honest: a Jeffrey family tradition
When a family member of the opposition leaders' speechwriter organises some of the biggest protests against government policy in Australian history, does it bear disclosure?
'How dare you': Teen scolds world leaders
The 16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg scolded heads of state at a United Nations summit on Monday, saying they're robbing her generation of a future by focusing on money and not on fighting global warming.
Tech leaders taking action on climate change beyond the strike
Redbubble is going carbon neutral, Adore Beauty is reducing its cardboard usage by 27 tonnes this year and 99design's Patrick Llewellyn lives sustainably.
We have to do our bit or we're cooked: Cannon-Brookes
With the Australian government missing in action on climate change policy, business is stepping up.
Planting trees is good, but embracing renewables is better
Renewable energy beats tree-planting when it comes to climate-friendly use of land.
Climate strike turnout doubles as adult workers join the fray
Sympathetic adults joined the student-led climate strikes on Friday, doubling the amount who turned up for similar protests back in March to 300,000.
'We've listened to the science, we are not brainwashed kids': school strikers
Student climate change protesters say they're not naive and have added a fresh demand to prove it.
The businesses sending staff to the climate strike frontline
Employers are backing a campaign to send staff to Friday's climate rallies as the debate over the role of corporate citizens in society continues.
Wharfies to strike to attend climate action rallies
Hundreds of wharfies will be stopping work to take part in national climate change rallies by using protections for industrial action designed for enterprise bargaining.
Banks leave staff open to join Atlassian at climate rally
Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes called on business to do more on climate but banks say staff should use their leave to attend climate change protests.
Atlassian backs kids' climate strike
Tech entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes says Atlassian supports staff attending upcoming protests demanding action on climate change.
August 2019
Thunberg's voyage against hypocrisy
The Swedish teen is a political creation. But she has shown up the double standards of her celebrity activist elders.
March 2019
Thousands of students rally against climate change
School students across the country skipped classes on Friday and converged on the centre of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for a lesson in climate change activism.